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New Sydney businesses touted as key for rail line

Transportation Minister Geoff MacLellan says he hopes the opening of a handful of new companies in Sydney will help to save the Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia Railway, currently on track to be abandoned this fall.

Working group trying to save rail line in Cape Breton slated to close this fall

A working group is trying to save the rail line between Port Hawkesbury and Sydney. (Yvonne Leblanc-Smith/CBC)

Transportation Minister Geoff MacLellan says he hopes the opening of a handful of new companies in Sydney will help save the Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia Railway, currently on track to be abandoned this fall.

MacLellan is forming a working group to save the rail line. About 25 political and business leaders met Friday at the Richmond council chambers, a followup from last week’s session in Sydney.

The minister said four to six companies are interested in setting up shop in Sydney. He said that could create business for the rail line between St. Peters Junction and Sydney, which is due to close in the fall.